If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way. Emile Zola More Quotes by Emile Zola More Quotes From Emile Zola It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth. Emile Zola strong reason Lovers are made by a kiss. Emile Zola kissing lovers made When truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it. Emile Zola truth-is criminal-mind blow Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco. Emile Zola regret perfection smoking Over all crowds there seems to float a vague distress, an atmosphere of pervasive melancholy, as if any large gathering of people creates an aura of terror and pity. Emile Zola atmosphere gathering people They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other. Emile Zola heart talking relationship What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities. Emile Zola shellfish exquisite rubbish Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art. Emile Zola inability boundaries art The conclusion does not belong to the artist. Emile Zola conclusion artist doe The day is not far off when one ordinary carrot may be pregnant with revolution. Emile Zola revolution ordinary may Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart. Emile Zola sacred drink soul A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground. Emile Zola men lying hands From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel there's still a chance to prove my worth, but that feeling soon disappears and every day I feel less and less satisfied. Emile Zola feelings may firsts When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating. Emile Zola peasants instruction needs How evil life must be if it were indeed necessary that such imploring cries, such cries of physical and moral wretchedness, should ever and ever ascend to heaven! Emile Zola moral evil heaven When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down. Emile Zola tyrants sometimes profound Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance. Emile Zola tolerance lessons history Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament. Emile Zola temperament creation art I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion. Emile Zola passion garden death Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well? Emile Zola nice doe civilization
